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  The mystery of moles - PestControl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Talpidae is the taxon (classification term) for the mammalian Family to which North American moles belong.
Animal biologists refer to members of the Talpidae by the vernacular term "talpids." Thus, the brand name for Bell's new mole bait, Talpirid, was selected because it implies that talpids are the target pests for this product and that it will "rid" talpids from a treated site.
REFERENCES Catania, K. Epidermal sensory organs of moles, shrew-moles, and desmans: A study of the family Talpidae with comments on the function and evolution of Eimer's organ.
www.pestcontrolmag.com /pestcontrol/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=122619&pageID=2   (589 words)

  
 Lund University, Doctoral Dissertation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Evolutionary relationships among the six extant families, Talpidae (moles), Soricidae (shrews), Erinaceidae (hedgehogs), Tenrecidae (tenrecs), Chryosochloridae (golden moles), and Solenodontidae (solenodons), have remained uncertain based on morphological data.
Talpidae was found as an outgroup to the Cetferungulata rather than as an ancient lineage in Eutheria.
The discrete gamma model of rate heterogeneity disproportionately increased the long branches at the base of Eutheria relative to those at the top of the tree highlighting the potential for misleading results and the need for more dense taxon sampling near the base of the tree.
www.lub.lu.se /cgi-bin/show_diss.pl?db=global&fname=sci_279.html   (540 words)

  
   Animalia +++ species of the month     (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Characteristics: The largest of the Talpidae, the Russian desman has a long, grooved snout that is flexible.
The tail is scaly, flattened laterally and wide at the base.
Desmaninae are one in three subfamilies of Talpidae, the others being Talpinae (moles) and Uropsilinae (shrew moles).
patronus-naturae.org /animalia/sotm.html   (387 words)

  
 Search Results for talpidae - Encyclopædia Britannica
The 17 genera of “true” moles are classified in three subfamilies of the family Talpidae (order Soricimorpha), which belongs to a larger group of mammals referred to as insectivores.
Classification of insectivores has been problematic since the founding of modern taxonomy by Carolus Linnaeus.
Any burrowing, often blind insectivore in the family Talpidae...
www.britannica.com /search?query=talpidae&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (213 words)

  
 The Phylogenetic Position of the Talpidae Within Eutheria Based on Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Sequences -- ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Phylogenetic Position of the Talpidae Within Eutheria Based on Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Sequences -- Mouchaty et al.
The Phylogenetic Position of the Talpidae Within Eutheria Based on Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Sequences
Hutchinson, J. Fossil Talpidae from the later Tertiary of Oregon.
mbe.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/17/1/60   (4395 words)

  
 Genetic variation in a subterranean mammal, Scalopus aquaticus (Insectivora: Talpidae)
Genetic variation in a subterranean mammal, Scalopus aquaticus (Insectivora: Talpidae)
GREGORY D. Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, SC Allozyme variation was examined for 382 moles (Scalopus aquaticus) collected from 16 localities located within a 23 km
Hartman, G.D. Genetic variation in a subterranean mammal, Scalopus aquaticus (Insectivora: Talpidae).
www.uga.edu /srel/Reprint/2120.htm   (146 words)

  
 Curriculum Vitae
Comparative myology of moles and the phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla).
The evolution of aquatic habits in the Talpidae.
Comparative myology and the phylogeny of the Talpidae.
www.esu.edu /~hwhidden/vita.htm   (856 words)

  
 Moles and Shrews Index
As the name implies, they feed primarily on insects and other small invertebrates.
This order includes two families, Soricidae, the shrews and Talpidae, the moles.
Because of their small size they have an extremely large surface area relative to their body volume.
imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/bio/mammal/insec/molshrw.htm   (293 words)

  
 Annotated Bibliography of the North American Shrew-mole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Whidden, H.P. Comparative myology of moles and the phylogeny of the talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla).
Catania, K.C. Epidermal sensory organs of moles, shrew-moles, and desmans: a study of the family Talpidae with comments on the function and evolution of Eimer's organ.
(Nematoda) from insectivores (Soricidae and Talpidae) in Oregon.
home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~rmacarth/shrewmolelit.html   (303 words)

  
 Mole (animal) - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
Moles are a family (Talpidae) of mammals in the order Insectivora that live under ground, burrowing holes.
They feed on small invertebrate animals living under ground.
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www.indopedia.org /Talpidae.html   (186 words)

  
 BiologyBrowser: Organism Resources and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Home > Organism > Chordata > Vertebrata > Mammalia > Insectivora > Talpidae
Moles (Talpidae) from the late Middle Miocene of South Germany
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www.biologybrowser.org /bb/Organism/Chordata/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Talpidae/index.shtml   (124 words)

  
 Lecture 11 -Insectivora   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Generalized body structure (except in subterranean families Chrysochloridae and Talpidae)
- resemble true moles (Talpidae) and especially marsupial moles (Notoryctidae) in fossorial adaptation, form and function
- zalambdodont dentition; forelimb not rotated as in Talpidae
www.uvm.edu /~jdecher/Lecture09.html   (1046 words)

  
 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE EIMERIIDAE OF THE WORLD
ashtabulensis Ford and Duszynski 1989 [MAMMALIA] Insectivora: Talpidae: Parascalops breweri
aethiospora Ford and Duszynski 1989 [MAMMALIA] Insectivora: Talpidae: Parascalops breweri
aquatici Ford and Duszynski 1988 [MAMMALIA] Insectivora: Talpidae: Scalopus aquaticus
biology.unm.edu /biology/coccidia/list.html   (1596 words)

  
 Definition of talpidae - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Talpidae   (82 words)

  
 MavicaNET - Moles, Shrew Moles, and Desmans (Talpidae)
MavicaNET - Moles, Shrew Moles, and Desmans (Talpidae)
Katalog / Natur / Leben / Tiere (Animalia) / Säugetiere (Mammalia) / Insektenesser (Insectivora) / Moles, Shrew Moles, and Desmans (Talpidae)
Katalog / Natur / Leben / Tiere (Animalia) / Säugetiere (Mammalia) / Insektenesser (Insectivora) / Insectivores (Insectivora): taxonomy / Moles, Shrew Moles, and Desmans (Talpidae)
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